David Beal

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

David Beal is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Beal has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 11 papers in Ocean Engineering and 8 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in David Beal's work include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (11 papers), Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (6 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (6 papers). David Beal is often cited by papers focused on Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms (11 papers), Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability (6 papers) and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems (6 papers). David Beal collaborates with scholars based in United States. David Beal's co-authors include Michael S. Triantafyllou, James C. Liao, George Lauder, Franz S. Hover, Tadd Truscott, Promode R. Bandyopadhyay, Zeljko Pantic, Alexandra H. Techet, Anuradha M. Annaswamy and John Farnsworth and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Journal of Experimental Biology.

In The Last Decade

David Beal

22 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fish Exploiting Vortices Decrease Muscle Activity

2003 684 citations James C. Liao, David Beal et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Beal United States	11	1.0k	566	502	449	332	23	1.8k
Haibo Dong United States	31	2.1k 2.1×	1.3k 2.3×	326 0.6×	402 0.9×	152 0.5×	182	3.2k
Mark A. Grosenbaugh United States	20	1.5k 1.4×	776 1.4×	435 0.9×	803 1.8×	214 0.6×	42	2.3k
Meliha Bozkurttas United States	13	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.9×	195 0.4×	342 0.8×	69 0.2×	18	1.8k
B. D. W. Remes Netherlands	21	1.4k 1.4×	355 0.6×	204 0.4×	251 0.6×	66 0.2×	56	1.6k
Peter G. Madden United States	22	1.4k 1.4×	408 0.7×	449 0.9×	546 1.2×	128 0.4×	31	2.7k
Z. Jane Wang United States	26	3.2k 3.1×	2.4k 4.2×	481 1.0×	240 0.5×	237 0.7×	36	4.3k
Promode R. Bandyopadhyay United States	22	1.1k 1.1×	1.6k 2.9×	125 0.2×	685 1.5×	211 0.6×	77	2.5k
Eric Tytell United States	23	1.6k 1.5×	457 0.8×	747 1.5×	446 1.0×	395 1.2×	65	2.2k
Michael Sfakiotakis Greece	16	1.3k 1.3×	196 0.3×	314 0.6×	836 1.9×	135 0.4×	49	2.2k
Jamie M. Anderson United States	6	1.5k 1.5×	684 1.2×	332 0.7×	434 1.0×	96 0.3×	11	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David Beal

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Beal

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Beal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Beal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Beal based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Beal. David Beal is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Truscott, Tadd, et al.. (2019). Review of Wireless Charging Systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 46(1). 68–87. 194 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Promode R., et al.. (2012). Relationship of roll and pitch oscillations in a fin flapping at transitional to high Reynolds numbers. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 702. 298–331. 18 indexed citations

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Farnsworth, John, et al.. (2011). Measurements of a stator-induced circumferentially varying flow. Experiments in Fluids. 51(2). 423–442. 4 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2010). Pre-swirl Maneuvering Propulsor: Part 1 Computations. 3 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2010). A Method to Generate Propulsor Side Forces. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 132(2). 8 indexed citations

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Farnsworth, John, et al.. (2010). Pre-Swirl Maneuvering Propulsor: Part 2 Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Truscott, Tadd, et al.. (2009). Shallow angle water entry of ballistic projectiles. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 35 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2008). Unsteady Vortex Flows Produced by Trailing Edge Articulation. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 130(3). 4 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2008). Open-Loop Control of a Multifin Biorobotic Rigid Underwater Vehicle. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 33(2). 59–68. 40 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Promode R., et al.. (2008). Synchronization of Animal-Inspired Multiple High-Lift Fins in an Underwater Vehicle Using Olivo–Cerebellar Dynamics. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 33(4). 563–578. 26 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Promode R. & David Beal. (2007). Exception to Triantafyllou's Strouhal number rule of flapping. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 60. 2 indexed citations

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Annaswamy, Anuradha M., et al.. (2007). Noise Control Due to the Stator Wake Blade Interaction via Tail Articulation. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 32(3). 551–564. 1 indexed citations

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Beal, David & Promode R. Bandyopadhyay. (2007). A harmonic model of hydrodynamic forces produced by a flapping fin. Experiments in Fluids. 43(5). 675–682. 21 indexed citations

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Bandyopadhyay, Promode R., et al.. (2007). Biorobotic insights into how animals swim. Journal of Experimental Biology. 211(2). 206–214. 68 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2007). A turbulent inflow model based on velocity modulation. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 308(1-2). 28–43. 2 indexed citations

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Beal, David, Franz S. Hover, Michael S. Triantafyllou, James C. Liao, & George Lauder. (2006). Passive propulsion in vortex wakes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 549. 385–402. 299 indexed citations

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Beal, David, et al.. (2004). Hovering Underwater: Toward a Comparison of Steady-state and Unsteady Hydrodynamics. APS. 57. 1 indexed citations

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Schnoes, Melinda, Sean Quirin, David Beal, et al.. (2004). Photopolymer media for holographic storage at ≈ 405 nm. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5380. 283–283. 17 indexed citations

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Liao, James C., David Beal, George Lauder, & Michael S. Triantafyllou. (2003). Fish Exploiting Vortices Decrease Muscle Activity. Science. 302(5650). 1566–1569. 684 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liao, James C., David Beal, George Lauder, & Michael S. Triantafyllou. (2003). The Karman gait: novel body kinematics of rainbow trout swimming in a vortex street. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206(6). 1059–1073. 357 indexed citations

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